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RailRider	Tech: How to Stencil your Chain Guard similar to the original Screens!	Lead	[-]
1 Crazy Bicycle Collecting Mo-Fo! (2500+) Posts: 18538 (12/17/11 19:01:38) AKA-Raleigh Ron! â�» Site Owner/Operator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Basically this is just a decal and instead of using the normal area from it I use the reverse and make it into a stencil. This can be done with almost any "Die Cut" sticker like this. *See pix!
RailRider		#1	[-]
1 Crazy Bicycle Collecting Mo-Fo! (2500+) Posts: 18538 (12/17/11 19:14:27) AKA-Raleigh Ron! â�» Site Owner/Operator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	The great part about painting these on instead of a sticker is you can rub it out some and make it aged looking to match the bike if you desire to. On ma bike like this I think it will work well. Once completely dry I will take a light duty compound and polish it until its thin and then a few light scuff can be made so it appears original to a bike with similar wear.
FlyingO.murrayeliminato...		#2	[-]
Posts: 353 (12/17/11 19:15:05) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	You use frisket material and trace/cut it with an X-Acto knife?
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1 Crazy Bicycle Collecting Mo-Fo! (2500+) Posts: 18538 (12/17/11 19:15:42) AKA-Raleigh Ron! â�» Site Owner/Operator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	The great part about painting these on instead of a sticker is you can rub it out some and make it aged looking to match the bike if you desire to. On ma bike like this I think it will work well. Once completely dry I will take a light duty compound and polish it until its thin and then a few light scuff can be made so it appears original to a bike with similar wear.
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1 Crazy Bicycle Collecting Mo-Fo! (2500+) Posts: 18538 (12/17/11 19:16:09) AKA-Raleigh Ron! â�» Site Owner/Operator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	FlyingO wrote: You use frisket material and trace/cut it with an X-Acto knife? No, I use a computer and a Vinyl Plotter.
FlyingO.murrayeliminato...		#5	[-]
Posts: 353 (12/17/11 19:22:26) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	LOL, you were always smarter than me.
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1 Crazy Bicycle Collecting Mo-Fo! (2500+) Posts: 18538 (12/17/11 19:25:20) AKA-Raleigh Ron! â�» Site Owner/Operator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	FlyingO wrote: LOL, you were always smarter than me. I have been accused of being a SMART @$$, but never Smarter than anyone! lol I bought a vinyl plotter about 6 years ago. Its very handy!
FlyingO.murrayeliminato...		#7	[-]
Posts: 353 (12/17/11 19:35:20) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	RailRider wrote: FlyingO wrote: LOL, you were always smarter than me. I have been accused of being a SMART @$$, but never Smarter than anyone! lol I bought a vinyl plotter about 6 years ago. Its very handy! I have a friend in the sign business that uses that hi-tech stuff. I'm still hand cutting with an X-Acto.
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1 Crazy Bicycle Collecting Mo-Fo! (2500+) Posts: 18538 (12/17/11 19:38:56) AKA-Raleigh Ron! â�» Site Owner/Operator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I am not into hand jobs! Just takes too long and if you screw up you gotta start over!